Final report Viet Nam: Emergency appeal n° MDRVN006 GLIDE n° FL-2009-000207-VNM Floods and typhoons 2 March 2011 Period covered by this Final Report: 2 October 2009 to 30 November 2010 Appeal target (current): CHF 4,464,332 (USD.3.9 million or EUR 3.22 million) Final appeal coverage: This appeal is 101 per cent covered. <view the final financial report, or contact details> Appeal history: • Operations update no. 9 extended the period of this appeal by two months to 30 November 2010. • A second revised emergency appeal was launched on 12 June 2010 for CHF 4,466,630 (USD 3.9 million or EUR 3.23 million) to assist 60,000 families (approximately 270,000 people) for 12 months. • The initial revised emergency appeal was launched on 19 October 2009 for CHF 5,571,176 (USD 5.47 million or EUR 3.67 million) to assist 60,000 families (approximately 270,000 people) for 12 months. • This emergency appeal was initially launched on a preliminary basis on 2 October 2009 for CHF 4,939,626 (USD 4.75 million or EUR 3.25 million) to assist 50,000 families (approximately 210,000 people) for 12 months. • Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 314,064 (USD 324,167 or EUR 214,633) was allocated from IFRC’s DREF to support the national society in its initial emergency response. Summary: The Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) received constant support from IFRC and partner national societies in-country throughout this operation. This covered support for both service delivery and for technical support which was conveyed in a manner to ensure the expansion of the national society’s capacities. Overall, evaluation has highlighted and confirmed that the impact of this operation has been highly positive and beneficial to not only the communities involved but to the national society as well. While challenges existed and were overcome, lessons taken from these experiences will continue to serve as points for consideration in future Local custom was observed prior to the building of houses in the Ia Trok operations. commune, Ia Pa district, Gia Lai province. (Photo: DWF) Achievements of the objectives under this emergency appeal have ensured: • 191,420 people in ten provinces affected received food supplies by January 2010; • 60,286 people in 13 provinces affected received basic household items by mid-December 2009; • Safe water was provided to 26,000 people from 3 October to 6 November 2009 through the deployment of emergency water treatment equipment for the first time; • 46,745 people in nine provinces received water purification tablets for household water treatment by end-December 2009; • Water and sanitation needs assessment was carried out in January 2010, which helped refocus priorities in the recovery phase of the operation; • 650 families rebuilt their new storm- and flood-resistant homes by mid-October 2010; • 29,381 people received cash grants to help support their families and income-generation activities by end-January 2010; • 300 families have healthy livestock for income-generation since early-October 2010; and, • Standard operating procedures for a trained national disaster response team are in place to expedite deployment of disaster response when needed These points are elaborated upon further in this report. Impact All objectives have been reached and the evaluation of the relief and recovery (shelter) phase shows impact has been very positive. Highly positive beneficiary feedback has also provided a yardstick by which the national society can continue to assess its service delivery and pinpoint areas in which it may improve. Financial situation: To date, this appeal has been 101 per cent covered with contributions totaling CHF 4,529,948. With this final report, this emergency appeal will be closed. As there is still a remaining balance of CHF 344,365 currently outstanding, IFRC seeks to transfer the funds over the next 30 days to the Viet Nam country plan 2011 under its disaster management and organizational development components. Partners/donors who have any questions about the reallocation of the final balance of funds are kindly requested to contact IFRC within the next 30 days. The situation Typhoon Ketsana struck central Viet Nam on 29 September 2009, sweeping through the 13 provinces of Binh Dinh, Da Nang, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Ha Tinh, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue. The typhoon caused widespread destruction, especially in the provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai, forcing some 356,790 people (some 103,120 households) to evacuate the area. Typhoon Mirinae followed in the footsteps of Ketsana on 2 November 2009, striking nine provinces in central Viet Nam including Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Dak Lak, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan. Of these, seven had already suffered the force of Ketsana, with Binh Dinh and Phu Yen the worst- Typhoon Ketsana tore through central Viet Nam resulted in extensive damage throughout the central- hit. This served to worsen the existing situation, and northern provinces of the country. VNRC supported posed a significant setback in gains already made in the government in evacuating affected provinces. relief and recovery efforts in response to Ketsana. (Photo: Heather Huppe/USAID) According to the central committee for flood and storm control, the combined forces of Ketsana and Mirinae resulted in 293 deaths and 1,005 people injured. Houses completely destroyed totalled some 23,500, with a further 580,000 or so, sustaining major damage. Agricultural losses amounted to some 172,000 hectares of crops damaged, and approximately 40,000 tonnes of rice harvest lost. 2 Coordination and partnerships From the onset of this operation, VNRC, IFRC and all Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners have been working in tandem to ensure coordination and an even spread of response and recovery activities. Emergency phase Facilitation of coordination in response to this disaster went smoothly among VNRC, IFRC and partner national societies in-country. Meetings among all parties were held regularly in order to ensure fresh information was shared, response was timely and effective, and that all activities complemented each other to avoid gaps and duplication in the support of this operation. In-country Movement partners include the Spanish, Netherlands, German, French and American national societies. The disaster management working group (DMWG) also maintained regular meetings with VNRC and IFRC coordinating action with the government’s central committee for flood and storm control (CCFSC), UN agencies, and international non-governmental organizations. Relief phase In the relief phase, coordination of the operation was maintained through monthly coordination meetings chaired by VNRC and IFRC with in-country partner national societies. These monthly coordination meetings covered both the operation and ongoing development projects. Given the various distributions supported by IFRC and partner national societies during the relief phase, all partners agreed that an overall evaluation of all distributions undertaken by the national society had to be conducted so as to draw upon lessons for future response. This was coordinated by IFRC and the evaluation was conducted by an external consultant team from 10 June to 9 July 2010. Recovery phase In the second phase of the operation from April to November 2010, IFRC continued to work in close collaboration with in-country partner national societies which support other VNRC recovery and disaster preparedness activities. Shelter component of the recovery phased was evaluated in December, which concluded that the project was successful and achieved its main objectives. With regard to activities under the disaster preparedness component of this appeal that go beyond the operational timeframe, Spanish Red Cross together with the IFRC plan will provide continuity of support and work with VNRC in this overall capacity building in disaster preparedness which is estimated to be completed by end-2011. Red Cross and Red Crescent action Overview The goals and targets under this appeal were achieved within the given timeframe, though an extension of two months was sought to ensure that all objectives were appropriately reviewed and evaluated to determine the extent of their impact on the beneficiaries, the national society, and other Red Cross partners where relevant. A quick overview of achievements by objective shows: • The distribution of 2,100 tonnes of rice reached 53,169 households (or 191,421 people) in 247 communes across ten Ketsana-affected provinces. This was completed in January 2010. • The distribution of non-food items comprising 16,600 household kits, reached 16,600 families (or 60,286 people) in 13 provinces affected by Typhoons Ketsana and Mirinae. These distributions were completed by mid-December 2009. • Under water and sanitation: o The deployment of a water treatment unit by VNRC supplied 118,600 litres of fresh water to 5,519 households (some 26,000 people) in Hue province from 3 October to 6 November 2009; o Up to 11,600 boxes of water purification tablets (with 100 tablets each) were distributed to 11,360 households (some 46,745 people) in nine provinces by end-December 2009; and, 3 o Water and sanitation needs assessments in four provinces were made by the Federation zone water and sanitation delegate in the latter half of January 2010, which helped direct and inform subsequent activities and refocusing priorities for the recovery phase of the operation. • Shelter saw: o The construction